Minnesota boy contracts brain-eating amoeba from swimming in lake

MINNEAPOLIS --A Minnesota teenager who contracted a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a lake has died of the rare infection, relatives said.

Hunter Boutain, 14, contracted the disease on Tuesday as he swam in Lake Minnewaska, Minnesota Health Department officials said. He remained in critical condition at the University of Minnesota Medical Center where he died Thursday morning, CBS Minnesota reported.

"Hunter's condition deteriorated throughout the night and he was declared brain dead this morning," said his uncle Bryan Boutain, in a statement. "Hunter died surrounded by his family. It is a deeply emotional time for all us. We ask for privacy and prayers as we remember our beloved Hunter."